Prevertebral ganglia

Prevertebral ganglia
Abdominal portion of the sympathetic trunk, with the celiac plexus and hypogastric plexus.
The celiac ganglia with the sympathetic plexuses of the abdominal viscera radiating from the ganglia.
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

Prevertebral ganglia (or collateral ganglia,^[1] or preaortic ganglia^[2]) are sympathetic ganglia situated along the midline, anterior to the aorta and the vertebral column. The prevertebral ganglia are the celiac ganglia (including the aorticorenal ganglia), the superior mesenteric ganglion, and the inferior mesenteric ganglion.^[3]

The paravertebral ganglia, meanwhile, are the segmental ganglia of each the sympathetic trunk situated along either side of the midline.

Additional images

Sympathetic (red) and parasympathetic (blue) nervous system

References

^ "uams.edu". Retrieved 2007-10-22.
^ "Primitive Gut Morphogenesis". Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
^ Hamill, Robert W.; Shapiro, Robert E.; Vizzard, Margaret A. (2012-01-01), Robertson, David; Biaggioni, Italo; Burnstock, Geoffrey; Low, Phillip A. (eds.), "Chapter 4 - Peripheral Autonomic Nervous System", Primer on the Autonomic Nervous System (Third Edition), San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 17–26, ISBN 978-0-12-386525-0, retrieved 2023-08-28

External links

Nosek, Thomas M. "Section 6/6ch2/s6ch2_30". Essentials of Human Physiology. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24.

Anatomy of the autonomic nervous system

Head

Sympathetic	Cervical ganglia: roots long ciliary Deep petrosal
Parasympathetic	Ciliary ganglion Roots Short ciliary Pterygopalatine ganglion deep petrosal nerve of pterygoid canal branches of distribution: greater palatine inferior posterior nasal branches lesser palatine nasopalatine medial superior posterior nasal branches pharyngeal Submandibular ganglion Otic ganglion

Neck

Sympathetic	paravertebral ganglia: Cervical ganglia Superior Middle Inferior Stellate ganglion prevertebral plexus: Cavernous plexus Internal carotid

Thorax

Sympathetic	paravertebral ganglia: Thoracic ganglia prevertebral plexus: Cardiac plexus Esophageal plexus Pulmonary plexus Thoracic aortic plexus splanchnic nerves: cardiopulmonary thoracic cardiac nerves: Superior Middle Inferior

Abdomen

Sympathetic	paravertebral ganglia: Lumbar ganglia prevertebral ganglia: Celiac ganglia Aorticorenal Superior mesenteric ganglion Inferior mesenteric ganglion prevertebral plexus: Celiac plexus Hepatic Splenic Pancreatic aorticorenal Abdominal aortic plexus Renal/Suprarenal Superior mesenteric Gastric Inferior mesenteric Spermatic Ovarian Superior hypogastric hypogastric nerve Superior rectal Inferior hypogastric Vesical Prostatic / Cavernous nerves of penis Uterovaginal Middle rectal splanchnic nerves: Lumbar splanchnic nerves
Enteric	Submucous plexus Myenteric plexus

Sympathetic

paravertebral ganglia: Lumbar ganglia

prevertebral ganglia:
- Celiac ganglia
- Aorticorenal
Superior mesenteric ganglion
Inferior mesenteric ganglion

prevertebral plexus:
Celiac plexus

aorticorenal
- Abdominal aortic plexus
- Renal/Suprarenal
Superior mesenteric
- Gastric
Inferior mesenteric
- Spermatic
- Ovarian
Superior hypogastric
- hypogastric nerve
- Superior rectal
Inferior hypogastric
- Vesical
- Prostatic / Cavernous nerves of penis
- Uterovaginal
- Middle rectal

splanchnic nerves: Lumbar splanchnic nerves

Enteric

Pelvis

Sympathetic	paravertebral ganglia: Sacral ganglia Ganglion impar splanchnic nerves: Sacral splanchnic nerves
Parasympathetic	splanchnic nerves: Pelvic splanchnic nerves